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Darren Fletcher has defended Paul Pogba, stating the France international has received excessive criticism at Manchester United.
The five-time Premier League winner, now working as a pundit, told TalkSport (h/t Dominic Booth of the Manchester Evening News) Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's squad lacks creativity, and Pogba's absence due to injury has influenced results:
"We are a great counter-attacking side, but Ole wants us to be good in possession as well.
"But we've lost our most creative player this season—Paul Pogba. Pogba, say what you like about him, I think he gets a hard time.